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News  24 September 2026 1 min read

# Qualification programme expanded for space-grade alloys

Osprey has extended its qualification programme to cover materials for orbit-critical components, working alongside launch and satellite partners. Space is among the most demanding environments a material can be asked ...

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Osprey has extended its qualification programme to cover materials for orbit-critical components, working alongside launch and satellite partners.  
Space is among the most demanding environments a material can be asked to survive: thermal cycling across extreme ranges, vacuum, radiation, and no prospect of maintenance once a component is in service. The qualification burden is correspondingly heavy, and it falls on the material as much as the part.  
What the work covers  
The programme extends existing alloy systems — nickel superalloys, titanium and controlled expansion grades — into applications where dimensional stability across temperature is the governing requirement. Controlled expansion alloys in particular hold dimension where electronics and optical assemblies cannot tolerate movement.  
Work is carried out under the same AS9100 quality management that governs aerospace supply, with full documentation and traceability from melt to delivered batch.  
Space joins aerospace, defence, medical, energy and advanced manufacturing among the industries Osprey supplies.

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